Village Of Gattman, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Village Of Gattman serves about 790 people through 298 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Monroe County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0480005; phone on file: 662-257-1003. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.5 ppb from 0.7 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Village Of Gattman is 6.8 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2023 | 6.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 6.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 973 Mississippi systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 9 are over 15 ppb right now and 44 have gone over at some point. Village Of Gattman's 2.2 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Mississippi and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Monroe County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Village Of Gattman. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Amory | 9,350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Aberdeen | 7,783 | 0.6 ppb |
| Cason Water Association | 4,570 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hamilton Water District | 4,029 | 0 (not detected) |
| Quincy Water Association #1 | 3,519 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wren W/A | 3,068 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Smithville | 2,062 | 0.8 ppb |
| Town Of Hatley | 1,962 | 0 (not detected) |
| Quincy Water Association #2 | 1,246 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gaines-Trace Water Association | 1,214 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gattman, MS may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Village Of Gattman whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2950 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.